MANILA, Philippines — The Senate on Monday concurred in the ratification of a treaty that would ban the development and use of nuclear weapons.
Twenty three senators voted to adopt a Senate Resolution No. 620 expressing the chamber’s concurrence in the ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).
The treaty prohibits state parties from “developing, testing, producing, manufacturing, transferring, possessing, stockpiling, using or threatening to use nuclear weapons; assisting, encouraging or inducing anyone to engage in said activities; and allowing nuclear weapons to be stationed, installed or deployed in their respective territories.”
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